Joshua 5:1-3

1Many people heard how the Lord had caused the Jordan River to become dry. This included all the Amorite kings on the west side of the Jordan River, and all the Canaanite kings who lived near the sea. They heard how the Lord had made the river become dry until all the Israelites had crossed to the other side. So the kings became very afraid of the Israelite people. They felt too weak to fight against them.

2The Lord said to Joshua at that time, ‘Make knives of stone and circumcise the Israelite men.’

3So Joshua made the knives and he circumcised the men at Gibeath Haaraloth.